Bk fork strap at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital

101 W 8th Ave, Spokane, WA · Providence · · NPI 1891947263

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 11, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$78.57 with Kaiser vs $260.66 with Unitedhealthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Kaiser Medicare Managed Care Plan $78.57
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Hmo $80.93
Aetna Medicare Managed Care - Ppo $81.71
Unitedhealthcare Medicare Managed Care Plan $82.50
Blue Shield Asuris Medicare Managed Care Plan $84.86
Community Health Plan Medicare Managed Care Plan $86.43
Cigna Medicare Managed Care Plan $94.28
First Choice All Commercial Plans $121.68
Molina Exchange $132.78
Blue Cross Premera - Lifewise Health Plan Of Washington Affordable Care Network Other Commercial Plan $141.43
Coordinated Care Exchange $145.35
Kaiser All Commercial Plans $198.07
Providence Health Plan All Commercial Plans $199.96
Unitedhealthcare Aco Tiered Other Commercial Plan $211.94
Unitedhealthcare Navigate Exchange $231.84
Unitedhealthcare All Commercial Plans $260.66

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Bk fork strap at other Washington hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane not published $78.57 – $86.43
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus Seattle $120.96 $78.57 – $238.70
Swedish Medical Center Cherry Hill Seattle $120.96 $78.57 – $192.12
Swedish Issaquah Issaquah $120.96 $78.57 – $174.43
Providence Centralia Hospital Centralia not published $78.57 – $148.57
Swedish Edmonds Hospital Edmonds not published $78.57 – $256.16
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland not published $78.57 – $145.35
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett - Colby Campus Everett not published $78.57 – $182.28

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